A U.S. military F/A-18 fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Kochi Prefecture in western Japan on Wednesday afternoon, Japanese Defense Ministry officials said, adding that its pilot bailed out. The pilot’s condition and affiliation were not immediately clear. Acting on a request ...

The Self-Defense Forces, Coast Guard and police have conducted their first joint drill to cope with illegal entry of armed fishermen on a remote island, a government source said. The exercise, which wasn’t announced to the media, was held Friday on an island in ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he is open to the idea of holding exercises between the defense forces of his country and Japan. “Joint exercises? Yes, of course . . . No problem,” Duterte told reporters while visiting the Japan Coast Guard’s 3rd ...

The Japan Coast Guard is set to get a new commandant, with current Vice Commandant for Operations Satoshi Nakajima set to be promoted to the slot within the month, sources have said. Nakajima, 60, will succeed Yuji Sato, who is set to retire, the ...

As Japanese authorities prepare for the two-day summit of Group of Seven leaders in central Japan from Thursday, travelers and commuters have begun to see a heightened vigilance level in the capital with more uniformed officers on the streets and other security measures implemented. ...

The Japan Coast Guard plans to introduce a new system allowing it to control maritime traffic in crowded bays in times of tsunami disasters to prevent collisions and chaos, Coast Guard sources said Wednesday. The Coast Guard will seek revision of laws to set ...

Four bodies were recovered from a wooden boat found entangled in a fishing net off Aomori Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said. The boat, spotted Wednesday, may have come from North Korea, according to the Aomori Coast Guard Office. The bodies were recovered Sunday. ...

They drift into seas near Japan by the dozens every year, ghostly wrecked ships thought to come from impoverished North Korea. Japanese authorities said Tuesday they are investigating nearly a dozen wooden boats that were found off the northwestern coast over the past month ...